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J. MITCHELL. I MEMORIAL MONUMENT,

No. 481,367. Patented Aug. 23, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

JOSEPH MITCHELL, OF CAYUGA, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONF-FOURTH TO MILTONJAMES, OF SAME PLACE.

MEMORIAL MONUMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 481,367, dated August23, 1892. Application tiled May '7, 1892. Serial No. l132,176 (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it may concern,.- Y

Be it known that I, JOSEPH MITCHELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Oayuga, in the county of Vermillion and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Monuments; and I dohereby declare the following to be 'a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates tothe construction of memorial monuments; and itconsists of the certain novel features hereinafter described andclaimed.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which the same lettersrefer to corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Figure l represents a perspective View of a monument, part being brokenaway to illustrate the method of attaching the hollow frame to the solidbase. Fig. 2 represents a vertical section of the upper frame, takenalong the line y y ot' Fig. l. Fig. 3-represents a horizont-al sectionalong the line of Fig. 2. Fig. at representsasection similar to thatshown in Fig. 3 of a modification of the skeleton frame, showing sixsides. Fig. 5 represents a similar section of a skeleton frame, showingeight sides.

The monument consists, essentially, of two parts-a base B, 0f suitableheavy material, preferably granite or other stone, and an upper portionA, consisting of a hollow metallic frame having legs adapted to engagein corresponding recesses in the base and having slabs or faces of stoneor plaster-of-paris let in its sides, the said frame being surmounted bya metallic cap.

The base B may be of any shape desired and of any suitable material, andis provided with a number' of holes Z9, preferably corresponding to thenumber of ribs of the metallic frame, and adapted to engage the legs a,said legs being a prolongation of said ribs.

It will be evident that the simplest form of construction would be tohave only two holes in the base of the monument and to have these holesadapted to engage the legs forming the continuation of two opposite ribsof the frame. In this case the necessity for more than twolegs isavoided.

The upper portion A of the monument consists of a hollow metallic frameA', having any desired number of sides a and a corresponding number ofradial ribs a2. These radial ribs terminate in arrow-head angleflangesa3, and the space between the polygonal sides, the radial ribs, and theangleposts is trough-like in section, as shown. Into each of thesetrough-like sections soft plaster-ofparis A2 may be poured, which may beafterward molded or cut into shape; or, instead ot the plaster-of-paris,stone slabs may be inserted. Over the plaster-of-paris or stone slabsglass Vplates A3` may be slipped before the upper'part of the monumentis placed on the lower. The edges of these glass plates are completelyconcealed by the arrow-head angle-posts, and Water is also kept out bythe same.

The frame is surmounted by a hollow metallic cap A4 of any desireddesign. This cap overhangs the edges of the hollow frame and preventsthe access of moisture. This hollow cap may be made integral with thecorner-posts, or may be adapted to slip on and off. A band d5 may beprovided to slip over the base of the frame and hide the lower ends ofthe plaster-of-paris facings and glass plates.

The metal frame may be made of any snitable metal; but the parts exposedto view should preferably be made of or plated with aluminium or othermetal not likely to tarnish upon exposure to atmospheric iniiuences. Itwill thus be obvious that the upper portion A may be secured to the baseB in a great variety of ways.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States, is-

A monument consisting of a base-piece of stone or other suitablematerial, a polygonal hollow metallic frame mounted upon said base-piecewith radial ribs terminated by arrow-head angle-flanges at the edges ofsaid polygon, panels of plaster-of-paris or stone placed between saidradial ribs, and glass plates covering said panels, the edges of saidglass plates and panels being covered by the said arrow-headangle-posts, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aliix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH MITCHELL.

Witnesses: i

JAMES C. SAWYEE, HUGH H. CONLEY.

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